Persea macrantha (English version)

മലയാളത്തിൽ വായിക്കുക

Large Flowered Bay Tree

Local Names : കുളമാവ്, ഊറാവ് ()

Scientific Name : Persea macrantha

Synonym : Persea macrantha

Family: Lauraceae

Habitat: Evergreen, Semi-evergreen forests upto 2000m MSL

Habit : Large evergraan tree grows upto 30 m and forms canopy layer.

Importance: Medicinal plant

Ecological significance: It is a larval host plant of butterflies like Common Mime , Southern Blue Bottle etc

Uses:

Dried Bark is used to make agarbathies. Tannin taken from the bark is used to leather industries.

Leaves, bark and wood have medicinal properties and are used in the traditional medicine for the treatment of joint pain, fracture, ulcer, mental illness, cough etc. The flavanoides present in plants have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-cancer activity. Steroids present in the plant block cholesterol absorption sites in the intestine helping to reduce cholesterol in humans.